2025 Thinkers – MORE TO COME…

Kofi Adjepong-Boateng
former Vice Chairman, Standard Chartered Bank Group and Research Associate, Centre for Financial History, Cambridge University. Former Chair, Policy Committee, Centre for the Study of African Economies, University of Oxford

Kaz Nejatian
Chief Operating Officer, Shopify

Sol Rashidi
Head of Technology, North American Startups, Amazon Web Services

Philip Mudd
First Deputy Director of the FBI National Security Branch (NSB) Former Deputy Director of the CIA Counterterrorist Center

Alexandra Williams
Director U.S. Startups, Google Cloud

George Vegh
Chair, Canada Energy Regulator (CER). Senior Fellow, Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy

Devon Kirk
Partner & Co-Head, Portage Capital Solutions, Portage

Susan Hawkins
President and CEO, Payments Canada

Dr. Bob Bell
Former Deputy Minister, Ontario Ministry of Health Former President & CEO, University Health Network (UHN)

Lucas Matheson
CEO, Coinbase Canada

Kristina Logue
Chief Financial Officer, Payments Canada

Dean Skurka
President and CEO, WonderFi

Parna Sabet-Stephenson
Partner, Leader of Financial Services & Technology (FSxT), Gowling WLG

Julien Brazeau
Assistant Deputy Minister, Department of Finance Canada

Neil Parmenter
Senior Vice President, Corporate Communications, Bell Canada

Anthony G. Ostler
CEO & President, Canadian Banking Association

Andrew Kriegler
CEO & President, Canadian Investment Regulatory Organization (CIRO)
Dr. Supriya Syal
Deputy Commissioner, Research, Policy & Education, Financial Consumer Agency of Canada

Jeremy Wilmot
President & Chief Executive Officer, Interac Corp.

Clark Rabbior
Head of Public Affairs, Shopify
Miklós Dietz
Senior Partner and Managing Partner, McKinsey & Company Canada
Federico Berruti
Senior Partner, McKinsey & Company
Tanya Woods
Head of Government, Regulatory Affairs & Policy Counsel, Questrade
Heather Kay
Head of Financial Services Public Policy Canada, Amazon Web Services
Angie Radiskovic
Deputy Superintendent Risk, Strategy and Policy – Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions